Cronaca del luogo

Cronaca del luogo
Opera by Luciano Berio

The composer in the 1970s
Description azione musicale
Translation Chronicle of the Place
Librettist Talia Pecker Berio
Language Italian
Based on Rabbinic literature and poetry by Paul Celan and Marina Tsvetayeva
Premiere 24 July 1999 (1999-07-24)
Felsenreitschule, Salzburg

Cronaca del luogo (Chronicle of the Place) is an opera by Luciano Berio. The Italian libretto was compiled by his wife, Talia Pecker Berio, incorporating excerpts from Rabbinic literature and the poetry of Paul Celan and Marina Tsvetayeva. Berio himself described the work as an azione musicale (musical action) rather than an opera. It falls into five scenes and a prologue. The work received its premiere at the Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, on 24 July 1999, directed by Claus Guth.[1] Sylvain Cambreling conducted the soloists, the Tölzer Knabenchor and Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Centro Tempo Reale (Florence) for the live electronics and the ensemble Klangforum Wien.

Roles

Role Voice type Premiere cast, 13 August 1999
(Conductor: Sylvain Cambreling)
R soprano Hildegard Behrens
General baritone Frode Olsen
Phanuel tenor Matthias Klink
Nino baritone David Moss
Orvid mezzo-soprano Monica Bacelli
A man without age baritone Urban Malmberg
Sindaco baritone Martin Blasius
3 Construction workers tenor Fritz Steinbacher
baritone Martin Haltrich
baritone Tore Denys
Woman in labor soprano Carolina Astanel
Saphir trumpet Gabriele Cassone
Abulafia trombone Christian Lindberg

References

  1. ↑ Clark, Andrew, "Music: Salzburg Festival" (13 August 1999). Financial Times, p. 12.
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